Strategic components for identifying and justifying a program
from the Rational Edge: Mike Hanford continues the program management discussion he initiated in the May 2004 issue, looking at the decisions involved in creating a program after you apply a strategic process to identify business needs. He discusses... Read more...
Defining program governance and structure
from The Rational Edge: Increasingly, large enterprises are recognizing that good governance is a requirement for ensuring the alignment of major program initiatives with business strategy and direction. This latest article in a series on program management... Read more...
Defining program governance and structure
from The Rational Edge: Increasingly, large enterprises are recognizing that good governance is a requirement for ensuring the alignment of major program initiatives with business strategy and direction. This latest article in a series on program management... Read more...
Defining program governance and structure
from The Rational Edge: Increasingly, large enterprises are recognizing that good governance is a requirement for ensuring the alignment of major program initiatives with business strategy and direction. This latest article in a series on program management... Read more...
ITIL Refresh v3 - Qualifications
At the BCS SMSG Carol Hulm mentioned a possible 3 tier structure for ITIL v3 examinations. Today this has been confirmed in a statement from Richard Pharro of the APM Group.The levels proposed are: * Basic Level equating to V2 Foundation * Management... Read more...
Being Intimidated by Risk Management
Takeaway: A lot of project managers are intimidated by the notion of risk management. However, this simple five-step process above will be more than adequate for most projects. A reactive project manager tries to resolve issues when they occur. A proactive... Read more...
Project Budget Template
Project Budget Template This template allows you to track your project’s spending to current and original plan by phase and by month within the phase. The Excel workbook is broken into 3 worksheets - INSTRUCTIONS (this tab), DASHBOARD, AND... Read more...
04/30/07 Tip of the Week. People Accountability: Tip 3 - Involve the people that have the authority.
Confirm with the manager or supervisor of your performing resource that the time you need from the resource and the work to be performed by the resource is understood and agreed to. This establishes a relationship with the performing... Read more...
Leadership Principles That Transform
The organization I work for came up with a set of principles to guide the organization in the area of leadership. We all know that successful project managers are effective leaders. -------------------------------------------------- Leaders are charged... Read more...
BCS Service Management Specialist Group Event
Apologies for the lack of posts last week. Just when I thought I had the habit as well!Last Monday I went into London to an event run by the BCS Service Management Specialist Group as the title of the event piqued my interest: 'IT Service Management,... Read more...